In honor of actor Andy Garcia and his (unintentionally) hilarious reaction to Sofia (Mary Corleone) Coppola's death scene in "The Godfather, Part III."
1914 City Series II
The Series
Once again, the White Sox would be pioneers in baseball history, becoming the first team to fall behind 3 games to 1 and rally to win a postseason series. This would not happen in World Series play until the Pittsburgh Pirates would rally against the Washington Senators in 1925.
The Cubs and Sox traded wins in Games 1 and 2, then the Cubs took Game 3 and rallied in the 9th to take Game 4. That's when the Sox kicked it into gear, taking Game 5 3-1 and putting up 5 runs in the 5th inning of Game 6. The five run rally started with two out and no one on base when Buck Weaver reached first on a dropped third strike.
The Cubs scored 2 in the top of the 1st of Game 7, but Weaver once again reached base on an error and the Sox staged a three-run, two-out rally to take a 3-2 lead that they would not relinquish. Eddie Cicotte wrapped up a masterful relief performance (he had relieved starter Jim Scott in the 1st inning) by retiring pinch-hitter Roger Bresnahan to end it.
Game 1, October 7, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........100 020 010-4 9 2
White Sox...000 000 200-2 8 0
W-Vaughn L-Wolfgang
Game 2, October 8, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 000 013-5 13 1
Cubs..........020 000 000-2 4 3
W-Scott L-Cheney
Game 3, October 9, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 200 000-2 4 1
White Sox...001 000 000-1 5 3
W-Humphries L-Benz
Game 4, October 11, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...100 001 000 1-3 6 1
Cubs..........000 000 002 2-4 8 2
W-Lavender L-Cicotte
Game 5, October 12, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 100 000-1 5 0
White Sox...000 020 10x-3 9 0
W-Scott L-Cheney SV-Faber
Game 6, October 13, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 040 000-5 5 3
Cubs..........000 000 201-3 10 6
HR-Saier
W-Benz L-Vaughn SV-Cicotte
Game 7, October 15, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........200 000 000-2 8 1
White Sox...000 300 00x-3 2 0
W-Cicotte L-Humphries
Most Valuable Player-Buck Weaver (.345, series-leading 10 hits, started two out rallies in Games 6 and 7, reaching base on errors).
Booby Prize-Claud Derrick (Cub shortstop batted .208 and committed 5 errors, including one that opened floodgates in 4th inning of Game 7)
Once again, the White Sox would be pioneers in baseball history, becoming the first team to fall behind 3 games to 1 and rally to win a postseason series. This would not happen in World Series play until the Pittsburgh Pirates would rally against the Washington Senators in 1925.
The Cubs and Sox traded wins in Games 1 and 2, then the Cubs took Game 3 and rallied in the 9th to take Game 4. That's when the Sox kicked it into gear, taking Game 5 3-1 and putting up 5 runs in the 5th inning of Game 6. The five run rally started with two out and no one on base when Buck Weaver reached first on a dropped third strike.
The Cubs scored 2 in the top of the 1st of Game 7, but Weaver once again reached base on an error and the Sox staged a three-run, two-out rally to take a 3-2 lead that they would not relinquish. Eddie Cicotte wrapped up a masterful relief performance (he had relieved starter Jim Scott in the 1st inning) by retiring pinch-hitter Roger Bresnahan to end it.
Game 1, October 7, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........100 020 010-4 9 2
White Sox...000 000 200-2 8 0
W-Vaughn L-Wolfgang
Game 2, October 8, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 000 013-5 13 1
Cubs..........020 000 000-2 4 3
W-Scott L-Cheney
Game 3, October 9, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 200 000-2 4 1
White Sox...001 000 000-1 5 3
W-Humphries L-Benz
Game 4, October 11, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...100 001 000 1-3 6 1
Cubs..........000 000 002 2-4 8 2
W-Lavender L-Cicotte
Game 5, October 12, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........000 100 000-1 5 0
White Sox...000 020 10x-3 9 0
W-Scott L-Cheney SV-Faber
Game 6, October 13, 1914 at West Side Park
White Sox...010 040 000-5 5 3
Cubs..........000 000 201-3 10 6
HR-Saier
W-Benz L-Vaughn SV-Cicotte
Game 7, October 15, 1914 at Comiskey Park
Cubs..........200 000 000-2 8 1
White Sox...000 300 00x-3 2 0
W-Cicotte L-Humphries
Most Valuable Player-Buck Weaver (.345, series-leading 10 hits, started two out rallies in Games 6 and 7, reaching base on errors).
Booby Prize-Claud Derrick (Cub shortstop batted .208 and committed 5 errors, including one that opened floodgates in 4th inning of Game 7)
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